Connectivity Research
Brittany Robison Robert Farrow Jr
Chris Denning Tony Bates
WEB 230
So many choices
Where to begin ???
ProductsDSL
T1
WEB HOSTING
E-MAIL HOSTINGVOIP
DIAL UP SERVICE
24 HOUR SUPPORT
Reviews(How Do They Rate)
&
Percentage of Up-Time(How often do they go down?)
In
Customer Service Response Time
Speed
If this were a 1MB picture
56 Kbps Modem (normal dial-up speed) It would take 2.5 minutes to download.
256 Kbps (basic broadband) It would take 33 seconds to download.
1.5 MBs (dedicated T1) It would take 6 seconds to download.
3.0 MBps It would take 3 seconds to download.
6.0 MBps It would take 1.5 seconds to download.
Costs
can vary depending upon many factors, but
speed
Is the most relevant
Earthlink
Covad Communications
&
How They Stack Up Convad Communications Earthlink
Phone /VoIP Yes Yes
Web / E-Mail Hosting
Yes Yes
DSL*(SDSL) T1 DSL*(SDSL) T1
Monthly Cost *$269.95 $389 $119 $359
Bandwidth 1.5Mbps 1.5MBps 1.5Mbps 1.5MBps
Installation Cost Free Free Free Free
24 hour Support Yes Yes Yes Yes
Uptime Guarantee 99.90% 99.90% 99.90% 99.90%
E-Mail Addresses 15 15 25 25
Static IP Addresses 5 5 8 8
Equipment purchase
Free Free Free Free
*ISP’s vary in their interpretations of DSL which can run from 256Kbps to 3Mbps. Also, It is important to note that 1 MBps (megabyte per second) is equivalent to 8Mbps (megabits per second) or 1 byte = 8 bits.
Earthlink
Server Hardware PowerEdge 2900 III:Dual Core Intel® Xeon® E5205, 6MB Cache, 1.86GHz, 1066MHz FSB
2nd Hard Drive:250GB 7.2K RPM Serial ATA 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug Hard Drive
Additional Memory:2GB 667MHz (4x512MB), Single Ranked DIMMs
Operating System:Windows Server® 2008, Standard Edition, Includes 5 CALs
3rd Hard Drive:250GB 7.2K RPM Serial ATA 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug Hard Drive
MS SQL Server:Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 Standard (5 CAL),OEM,NFI
Network Adapter:Dual Embedded Broadcom® NetXtreme II 5708 Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Complete for $4,744
Server Software
Adobe ColdFusion 8
$1299
Bottom lineMonthly access charge for a T1 line from Earthlink….
$359
Dell Server 2900 III - Complete
$4,744
ColdFusion 8 – Server Software $1,299
Total………………...............…$6,402 (Down) $359 (Monthly)
